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F I N A L F A N T A S Y ® VIII F I N A L F A N T A S Y ® VIII

S C R E E N S H O T 9

INTRODUCTION
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GFs are only
Compatibility between GFs and characters superhuman. Iftrit Siren
Like us, they
make friends and develop intense dislikes. They can also be jealous of one another. The more GFs you acquire LOCATION LOCATION
the greater the likelihood of internal quarrelling. Not that you would get any messages to that effect. However, Balamb - Fire Cavern Dollet - Communications
(Disc 1). Tower (Disc 1). Held by
GFs will take longer to summon if their compatibility with you decreases. The higher their compatibility with

CHARACTERS
Elvoret.
you, the faster they will appear when summoned (Screenshots 9 and 10).
At a compatibility of 0 a GF will take nearly 17 seconds to appear. At a compatibility of 500 summoning time will
S C R E E N S H O T 10
be reduced to about 10 seconds; at 1000 (maximum) the GF will appear within less than 3 seconds. These sta- ATTACK ATTACK
tistics are displayed in each character’s third status screen and under GFs in the main menu. They change con- Hell Fire - Ifrit slams a huge Silent Voice - Siren’s song and
stantly because… ball of fire into his opponents. music cause little physical
This is most helpful in snow- damage but your opponents
Summoning a GF increases its compatibility with the character by 20 points but decreases the packed Trabia or on Balamb will be silenced. Use Siren at

HOW TO PLAY
compatibility of all other GFs with this character by 1-2 points. Compatibility of the GF repre- Garden’s MD Level, whose the beginning of battles to
TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS monsters are weak against TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS prevent your opponents from
senting the opposite element will decrease by 10 points. Also, the summoned GF’s compatibility
ELEMENT: FIRE Fire. ELEMENT: NONE using status attacks.
with other characters decreases.
Using a particular kind of magic in battle will increase the compatibility of the related GF with the character by 1-3 points but STATUS CHANGES: NONE STATUS CHANGES: SILENCE
decrease the compatibility of certain other GFs by 1-2 points. For example GF Ifrit will be pleased if you cast Firaga during battle, OPPOSED GF: SHIVA OPPOSED GF: CARBUNCLE
whereas GF Shiva will not be too happy about this.
Using a specific item will increase the compatibility of the related GF with the character by 1-3 points but decrease the compatibi-
lity of all other GFs by 1-2 points. For example, if the character junctioned with GF Diablos uses a Steel Orb, Diablos’ compatibility

WALKTHROUGH
with this character increases. Items related to the elements or powers of various GFs can be obtained throughout the adventure.
At a later stage in the adventure you can gain the item ”LuvLuv G” which increases the compatibility of all GFs with a character
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by 20 points.
Each character will develop favourites who prove particularly helpful in battle. In order to maintain high compatibility with all of your GFs you might
still want to summon the less popular ones from time to time. This way, when you do need them, you will not spend too long calling these GFs for help.
Diablos
LOCATION

JUNCTION
Anywhere (contained in

Introducing the GFs

Magical Lamp) (Discs 1-4).

ATTACK
Dark Messenger - Diablos
creates a huge, black gravita-

MONSTERS
Here are some characteristics of the GFs you can junction. You can
GFs that can be junctioned find out where to obtain a particular GF, how its attack or special
technique works and which other GF it does not work well with. For
tional ball that he slams into
his opponents. This is an
excellent attack against many
example, GF Ifrit, representing the element Fire, feels uncomfortable in the presence of GF Shiva, who represents the TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS NAME TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS regular monsters, dealing up
opposing Ice element. Avoid junctioning such opposing GFs to the same character. Other GFs are neutral in this res-
pect. The GFs’ abilities and how to best distribute your GFs among the party are explained in the following section of
this chapter, under ”Abilities”. How to obtain GFs is explained in the ”Walkthrough”.
ELEMENT: EARTH
STATUS CHANGES: NONE
Brothers ELEMENT: NONE
STATUS CHANGES: NONE
to 9999 HP damage per oppo-
nent.

ITEMS
LOCATION
OPPOSED GF: PANDEMONA Galbadia - Tomb of the OPPOSED GF: NONE
Unknown King (Disc 1).
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Quezacotl Shiva

CARDS
LOCATION LOCATION NAME NAME
Balamb Garden, Squall’s
study panel in the 2F
Balamb Garden, Squall’s
study panel in the 2F
Carbuncle Leviathan
classroom (Disc 1) classroom (Disc 1) LOCATION LOCATION
Deling City - Presidential Balamb Garden - B1,
ATTACK ATTACK Residence (Disc 1). Held Master Room (Disc 2).

Thunder Storm - A Thunder
attack that is particularly
useful against mechanical
monsters.
TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS
ELEMENT: THUNDER
SECRETS
Diamond Dust - Shiva creates by Iguion. Held by Norg.
a blizzard that does particular
harm to Fire-resistant mon- ATTACK ATTACK
sters.
Ruby Light - Carbuncle rises Tsunami - Leviathan creates a
TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS from a hole in the ground and huge flood wave that comes
casts a red glow on the party crashing down on all oppo-
ELEMENT: ICE that shields them with nents and threatens to rinse

INDEX
STATUS CHANGES: NONE STATUS CHANGES: NONE ”Reflect”. This is useful in them away. This attack works
TARGET: ALL PARTY MEMBERS battles against magic-wiel- TARGET: ALL OPPONENTS especially well against mon-
OPPOSED GF: LEVIATHAN OPPOSED GF: IFRIT ELEMENT: NONE ders like NORG or Edea. ELEMENT: WATER sters that are resistant to
However, you cannot heal or Thunder.
STATUS CHANGES: REFLECT revive your characters with STATUS CHANGES: NONE
magic while they are shielded.
OPPOSED GF: SIREN OPPOSED GF: QUETZACOTL

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